diff --git a/scripts/getversion.sh b/scripts/getversion.sh
index 8c437762a2654a5a5f7749bf7b84e6e9c994b304..ccd2e2a865540732e695de9bfe47426b7d1d9782 100755
--- a/scripts/getversion.sh
+++ b/scripts/getversion.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ fi
 cd "$1" || exit 1
 
 cat .scmversion 2>/dev/null && exit 0
-git --git-dir=.git describe --always --abbrev=7 --dirty=+ 2>/dev/null && exit 0
+git --git-dir=.git describe --tags --always --abbrev=7 --dirty=+ 2>/dev/null && exit 0
 
 echo unknown